Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,439, John Goodnow, Mass.

SERVICE
Goodnow, John
NUMBER
S. 30.439
B.L.Wt. 11265-160-55.
CONTENTS

10.4.20 Massachusetts
John Goodnow
of Middlesex in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Walton of the Regt commanded by Col Poor in the Mass line for 11 months
Wats. & Mills
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 36 Dollars 67 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of April 1833 and Just Fiske Cambridge Mass
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $73.34 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept 1, 1833 $91.67
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. Addison Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 2a Page 28
Feb 15, 64 John San, Jr, C. 1864 April 4 Pensioner " " " Pension Agent to increase pension to 136.67 per ann the increase Comy Jany 1, 1864 as per act April 4, 1864
72 Middlesex
Reg 3 7m 55 78723

C. H. Woodman, Nov. 7/85.
78723
Act March 3/55-
April 18/55
John Goodnow - 3/55. Surv. Pensioner
Car Station 3/55
Col. Post 3/55
Map: State Hoop en June 1788 Rev War dis Feb 1893
Map June 32 - 104212
Ad: 160 acs Dec 1/1855.
Ref. 11.2.1
By Wm.
Vol. G. 93.
H Woodman Boston Mass

John Goodnow.
No 5420.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss.
On this seventeenth — day of August — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court, before the Honourable Judge of the Court of Probate, in and for the County of Middlesex aforesaid, now sitting, John Goodnow — a resident of Ludbury in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy — years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, A. D. 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:
I enlisted into the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war in the 1778. I believe in the month of May or June, into a Company commanded by Cap t Moreton, in a Regiment commanded by Col t Poore; I marched from Ludbury to Springfield, & thence to the White Plains State of New York where we joined the Regiment & was stationed principally at West Point; we began a block house & Kings ferry, & I remained in the service under said enlistment Eight months : —
In the year 1780 I again enlisted into a Company commanded by Cap t Minton in a Regiment commanded by Col t Cyprian Howe & marched from Ludbury to Tiverton, Rhode Island, & was stationed on Brattle Hill & was principally employed on a post on said Hill & I remained in the service under this enlistment Three months : —
I was born in Ludbury in the year 1762. January 30 th my birth is recorded in the town's Book of records which I have often seen. — I have always lived in Ludbury before & since the Revolution & enlisted there as a volunteer. I never received any discharge; was dismissed at the end of each service; — I have never received any compensation; I am known to Ebenezer Plympton Esq., & Rev. Rufus Hubbard; —

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex: ss. I Elias Phinney Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County of Middlesex, do certify that Ashev Goodnow is a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County, and his name set to the within certificate, I believe to be his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this eleventh day of August A.D., 1832.
E. Phinney.

I Oliver Parmenter formerly of Sudbury in the county of Middlesex in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and now of Mariah & county of Erie and state of New York do testify and say that John Goodnow of Sudbury in the county of Middlesex in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts was in the Revolution war in the year one thousand seven hundred & eighty at Rhode Island & served three months as private soldier in Capt. Brimtrul Company and in Col. S ir Howe Regiment Oliver Parmenter and that I was a soldier in the Company at the same time - - - - -
Middlesex ss Sudbury July 27 th 1832 - Then the above named Oliver Parmenter personally appeared and made Oath to the above deposition Before me Asahel Goodnow justice of the Peace
A.
I also certify that Oliver Parmenter who signed & swore to the above affidavit before me is a man of credibility Asahel Goodnow justice of the Peace

I Elazar Rindall of Rockingham in the County of Windham and State of Vermont aged 75 years do testify and say that in the year 1778 in the Month of July as near as I can recollect I enlisted into the service of the United States in the Continental troops in the Massachusetts line for Nine Months into a company commanded by Capt. Molton of East Sudbury in Massachusetts. Soon after Lieut. Hastings took the command of the company & retained said command till we were discharged. Soon after my enlistment I joined the company at West Point Col. Thomas Poor was Col. of the Regiment the company was stationed at West Point, and was then Marched to King Ferry with the Regiment and remained there until we were discharged I think in March or April 1779 our time of service having then expired at the time I lived in Marlborough, Massachusetts.
I further testify that John Goodnow of Sudbury in County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts was a soldier in the same company at the same time and was discharged at the same time.
Elazar Rindall
Middlesex ss. Sudbury August 13 th 1832 personally appeared the above named Elazar Rindall and made oath to the truth of the above deposition before me Ashe Goodnow Just. of the Peace
B. Farnsworth - B.

I certify that the within named Elizer Knapp who signed & swore to the within affidavit before me is a man of credibility
Asht. Goddard Jur of the Peace
Provis - 1821
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 10th day of March 1821 Asht. Goddard Jur of the Peace

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any state,
John Goodnow
S
We, Rufus Hurlbut — a clergyman, residing in the Sudbury — and John Jones — hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John Goodnow — who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; — that we believe him to be seventy years of age: that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Rufus Hurlbut John Jones
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above-named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certify, that it appears to them that Rufus Hurlbut — who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in Sudbury — and that John Jones — who has also signed the same, is a resident in Sudbury — and is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. P. May  W. Brooks
I Isaac Fish Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Goodnow for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
I also certify that John Goodnow whose own proper signature is set to the certificate to the Department hereto annexed marked A & B. is a person of the same in & for said county of Middlesex In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office the day & year aforesaid
Isaac Fish

State of Massachusetts - County of Middlesex
On this twenty eighth day of March A. D. 1855, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, John Goodnow aged ninetythree years, a resident of Sudbury in Massachusetts who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical John Goodnow who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Houlton in the Massachusetts  Inf Men, commanded by Col. Poor in the Revolutionary in the War with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the 19th day of June 1842 that he was drafted at  enlisted at  Sudbury on or about the twelfth day of June A.D. 1788 for the term of eight months and continued in actual service in the said war for the term of eleven months, or over and was honorably discharged at White Plains on or about the last day of February A.D. 1789, as will ap- pear by reference to the rolls; that he received no printed, or written discharge, that he has never received, nor ap- plied for, and is not entitled to bounty land for any other service, except that he received for the same service under the act of September, 1850, a warrant for 40 acres No. which he has legally sold and cannot return.
That he makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which he may be entitled under the act of March 3d, 1855, - and that he prays that the certificate thereof may be sent for him to HORATIO WOODMAN, Boston, Mass. - and that he now draws a pension for the same service payable at Boston, the certificate of which is N. 10426 and dated April 1833 John G. Goodnow
We Edward Hunt and Francis Garfield residents of Sudbury county of Middlesex in the state of Massachusetts , upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by John Goodnow in our pres- ence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that he is the identical person he represents himself to be.
Edward Hunt, Francis Garfield
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, - that the claimant is the person he repre- sents himself to be, - and that I have no interest in this claim.
Ephraim Stone { Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, April 13, 1855.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestation hereunto annexed, Ephraim Stone was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
T. M. Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

APPLICATION OF
John Goodnow
Revolutionary War
for a 160 acre warrant,
Act of March 3d, 1855.
78723
WARRANT TO BE SENT TO HORATIO WOODMAN, Boston, Mass. AS WITHIN REQUESTED.

N o 51120
John Goodnow
Prate 11 Months
14 & 16 Ob.
Dec 20 1832
J. Fiske Esqf.
E. Cambridge Mr. (P. 1/4)

BRIEF in the case of  John Goodnow of the County of Middlesex in the State of Mass  (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court,  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70 years,  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1778 May — 8 — As a Private Gen. Col. Poor, Capt. Moulton   " 80 — 3 — ditto Col. Howe, Capt. Brinton or Brintrnel  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Sudbury  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Depositions  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  Regular 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Bell Examining Clerk.

August 14, 1928.
Honorable E. Hart Fenn 183 Ann St. Hartford, Conn.
My dear Mr. Fenn:
In response to your letter of the eleventh instant, enclosing letter from Mrs. Helen M. Fairbank of 88 Garden Street, New Britain, Connecticut, I have the honor to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 30439, it appears that John Goodnow was born January 30, 1762 at Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
While residing at said Sudbury, he enlisted late in the spring or early in the summer of 1778 and served eight months in Captain Moulton's Company, Colonel Thomas Poor's Massachusetts Regiment; and enlisted in 1780 and served three months in Captain Brinton or Brintnel's Company, Colonel Cyprian Howe's Massachusetts Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 17, 1832, at which time he was living at Sudbury, Massachusetts.
In 1864, Martin Goodnow stated that John Goodnow died
October 14, 1863, aged one hundred and one years, eight months and fourteen days. There is no relationship shown, and there is no other reference to family.
John Goodnow S 2239 The next of kin's letter re:

N o 3420
John Goodnow
J. Fiske Esqf.
E. Lamb? Map.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Goodnow which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes. XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? no Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡ QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

John Goodnow Map file act 1832

Pension Office April 4 1864
Sir
Congress by act of April 1, 1864 has increased your pension one hundred dollars to commence Jan'y 1, 1864 making the amount $136.67 per annum which the Pension Agent has been directed to pay hereafter
Respectfully J. A. Barnett, Comp~
John Goodnow Esq Revolutionary Pensioner Sudbury Middlesex Co Mass
April 11, 1864
Sir
M r John Goodnow Departed this life Oct r 1863. Aged 107 yrs 8 months & 14 days.
Respectfully,
2np Martin Goodnow

No 78723
Addit. Evid. in case of John Goodnow.
78723 John Goodnow
Boylston
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.

2 M. 265
5
160 amg

SEVENTIETH CONGRESS
E. HART FENN, CONN., CHAIRMAN CLARENCE J. MCLEOD, MICH. JOHN E. RANKIN, MISS. HAYS B. WHITE, KANS. ARTHUR H. GREENWOOD, IND. LLOYD THURSTON, IOWA RALPH F. LOZIER, MO. FREDERICK W. MAGRADY, PA. MEYER JACOBSTEIN, N. Y. HENRY L. BOWLES, MASS. SAMUEL RUTHERFORD, GA. FLORENCE P. KAHN, CALIF. HENRY D. MOORMAN, KY. ALBERT JOHNSON, WASH. JAMES M. FITZPATRICK, N. Y. DANIEL A. REED, N. Y. RENE L. DE ROUEN, LA. HUBERT H. PEAVEY, WIS. ROBERT H. CLANCY, MICH. J. HOWARD SWICK, PA. C. G. SELVIG, MINN.
J. ROBERT CONROY, CLERK
COMMITTEE ON THE CENSUS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON, D. C.
183 Ann St., Hartford, Conn., Aug. 11, 1928.
Hon. Winfield Scott, Commissioner of Pensions.
Dear Mr. Scott:-
I enclose herewith letter from Mrs. Helen M. Fairbank, of 88 Garden St., New Britain, Connecticut, asking for the pension record of one, John Goodnow of Sudbury, Massachusetts. I presume this is a Revolutionary War record and that this lady wishes it in order to prove up her right to become a member of the D. A. R. Thanking you for your attention to this request, I am,
Sincerely yours,
EHF/G. Enc. 1.

30 439 Rev INVALID.
1928-Aug. 14-Hick Co Cong. E. Hart Farm for Mrs. Helen M. Fairbanks aeg.
File No 30 439
John Goodnow Rev Rev. was
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 159
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston. November 24 th 1855.
I Hereby Certify , That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of John Woodenow is borne on pay roll of Capt. Caleb Morelton's First Eliphalet Hastings Comp. Col. Thomas Poor's Regt. from June 30 th (year not given) 8 mos. 5 days, as private. Allowed in Council April 1. 1779.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. W. Nigh
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of Massachusetts
County of Middlebury
I John Goodnow having been duly sworn, depose and say, that I am the John Goodnow of Ludbury who was a Revolutionary soldier, — that he is believed to have enlisted at or near Ludbury that the names of some of his officers are believed to have been Lieut. Eliphelet Hastings and Col. Poor that he is believed to have been in any battles of
he is supposed to have served for Eight months that
and that I pray to receive from the Secretary of State a certificate from the rolls in his office of the service of the said soldier.
Through Horatio Woodman of Boston, Mass. —
John Goodnow
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me this Sixteenth day of November A.D. 1855.
Ephraim Stone } Justice of the Peace.

No 78.723
Admir. Evidence

ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
PENSION OFFICE,
Sir:
November 7 th 1855.
The claim of John Goodrow, for bounty land under the act of the 3d of March, 1855, No. 78.723, has been examined and suspended.
The revolutionary service of Mr. Goodrow, the husband of the applicant, does not appear of record in this office.
The 3d section of said act requires a service of "FOURTEEN DAYS" to be established by "RECORD EVIDENCE."
Upon the production of such evidence of service, the claim will be favorably considered.
Very respectfully,
J. MINOT,
Commissioner.
H. Woodman, Esq., Boston, Mass.